Dear graduate students,

Thank you to those of you who attended the seminars and/or lunches with our candidates for the Assistant/Associate Professor position in Food Science.  Our last candidate is listed below (Please note the Teaching Seminar on Sept 9 has been moved to FNH 220).

We welcome your feedback on all of our candidates  The seminar recordings can be found using the following link: https://canvas.ubc.ca/enroll/PD3LEG. 

The assessment forms are included here:

Guodong Zhang

https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cMc7KrAJd1SxMLs

Joana Pico Carbajo

https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3rxY6kiHB0uLOWW

Andrea Liceaga

https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eu4SblBe9qbkmIC

Vassilis Kontogiorgos

https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1yHxnPzRqBJlm1o

 

 Dr. Vassilis Kontogiorgos, Senior Lecturer in Food Chemistry, The University of Queensland, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences

Dr. Vassilis Kontogiorgos is a food scientist by training. He received all his degrees in Food Science from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (BSc and MSc) and the University of Guelph, Canada (PhD).  He has worked as an NSERC research fellow at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Canada) and as a faculty member at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Huddersfield (UK), before joining the School of Agriculture and Food Sciences at the University of Queensland (Australia) as a teaching and research academic in food chemistry.  Dr. Kontogiorgos’s research interests are focused on food carbohydrate chemistry and food structuring. He is an associate editor of Food Hydrocolloids and Food Biophysics and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA, UK).

Research Seminar: Food Material Science: Material Characterisation and Structure Analysis

September 8, 9:30–11:00 am

Earth Sciences Building 1012 – 2207 Main Mall

Or

Register here:

https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5UpfuGorz0vGNIflI39rIASJ_5kMXRp3ewZ

Teaching Seminar:  Water Activity

September 9, 10:00–11:00 am

Food, Nutrition and Health Building, Room 220

Or

Register here:

https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Mqfu2rrz0rEtDVLy3vkG60391yLQ1MDLk4

Melanie Train

Human Resources Manager-Faculty | Faculty of Land and Food Systems

The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus

248-2357 Main Mall | Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4

Phone 604-822-3105 | Fax 604-822-6394

Email:  melanie.train@ubc.ca

We are very excited to be in touch on behalf of the UBC Centre for Migration Studies (CMS) to share the details of our upcoming Fellows Program, which we invite you to circulate with grad students in your department! All details on the CMS Fellows Program can be found in below and at this link: https://migration.ubc.ca/graduate-students/centre-for-migration-studies-fellows-program/

 

Program Overview

Our Fellows Program recognizes outstanding graduate and advanced undergraduate students pursuing migration and mobilities related studies and research at UBC. Fellows will be a vital part of our interdisciplinary academic community, contributing to CMS research excellence, programming and initiatives, and community engagement and outreach, in line with the Fellow’s areas of knowledge and interest. CMS Fellows are provided opportunities to collaborate with other cohort Fellows and support Centre-sponsored initiatives and programming. Fellowships are awarded for the academic year, after which fellows may reapply to the program.

 

DATES

• Apply by September 19, 2022
• Notifications sent by September 30, 2022
• CMS Fellows program starts: October 3, 2022
• CMS Fellows program ends: August 31, 2022

 

How to apply?

• Review the eligibility and selection criteria

• Submit your application using the form at the bottom of this page: https://migration.ubc.ca/graduate-students/centre-for-migration-studies-fellows-program/

 

Key Benefits

• $500 Academic Award to support research (see our webpage for more information)
• Shared desk space in the CMS Community Room (328, C.K. Choi)
• Mentorship by a CMS affiliate
• Active engagement and immersion in CMS’s active programs, initiatives and research!

 

Expectations

• Participate in the CMS Student Caucus – present work-in-progress at a Grad Student Power Hour! Attend our Grad Student Power Hours and professional development sessions.
• Participate in the life of CMS – attend at least 6 CMS-sponsored research events/research group meetings.
• Meet with your mentor
• Submit a report at the end of the academic year

 

Interested but have questions?

Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us at admin.migration@ubc.ca.

 

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BIOL 548J, Ecosystem Ecology – 1 credit graduate module
September 8 – October 6, 13:30 – 15:00 in Biodiversity 224.
Instructor: Laura Parfrey, lwparfrey@botany.ubc.ca.

Contact Dr. Parfrey if you would like to register but will miss the first day. 

Course description:

Think ecosystem ecology is all about nitrogen cycling? Think again!
Ecosystem ecology is the most holistic ecological discipline, explicitly considering ecological systems and all their parts. In this course we consider ecosystems as stocks and fluxes of energy and matter.

We review papers and concepts to understand what measurements of nutrients, carbon and biomass can tell us about the movement and transformation of energy/matter how ecosystems and more broadly how ecosystems operate and change through time.

We will consider contemporary topics, including biodiversity and ecosystem function, concepts of homeostasis and stability, and discuss how ecosystems have changed over geological time

Biol 548j Ecosystem Ecology Syllabus 2022

I am the instructor for the LFS 350 199: Land, Food, and Community II online course this term.

I am looking to fill one more TA position at 93 hours. Are you able to share this opportunity with grad students and have those who are interested get in touch with me directly. We’re hoping to fill the spot ASAP.

Please let me know if you require anything further from me.

Many thanks

Amber–

Amber A. Heckelman, PhD (She/Her)

Food System Researcher, Consultant, and Activist

amber.heckelman@gmail.com

778.325.2220

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